FCS Financial preparing site for its new building

CHRIS ROUSH/DAILY FORUM
Workers have begun moving dirt at the site of a new building for the FCS Financial office in Maryville. FCS Financial, currently located at 309 E. Summit Drive, anticipates moving to its new location at the south edge of Maryville, across from Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation by late next spring or early summer.

FCS Financial, which has served the Maryville community and the Nodaway County area for many years from offices located in a leased office building at 309 E. Summit Dr. in Maryville, is beginning construction of its own permanent residence.

The new office will be located on the east side of U.S. Highway 71 at the south end of South Main Street, across from the Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. plant.

“The move from leasing to ownership gives us the opportunity to create more space that suits our staff and customers,” said Jeff Houts, FCS Financial executive vice-president of operations.

According to Houts, the building is expected to contain 7,200 square feet and it will include a 40-person-capacity meeting room.

“We’ve been talking about this for some time,” Houts said. “We’ve constructed our buildings in other areas and Maryville has been a great place for us.

“Maryville is a nice sized town in a rural area and has a great place for high learning at Northwest Missouri State University,” he said.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Farm Loan Act of 1916, creating the Farm Credit System to grant loans to farm cooperative associations, which allows farmers to borrow from their local institution.

The Farm Credit Services of Eastern Missouri and the Farm Credit Services of Western Missouri merged to form Farm Credit Services of Missouri in 2002.

Four years later, in 2006, Farm Credit Services of Missouri changed its name to FCS Financial as a way to recognize its heritage and embrace an even bigger role in shaping the rural landscape, according to a company spokesman.

“FCS Financial has a long history of supporting rural development,” said Josh McKim, Nodaway County Economic Development director.

“Nodaway County is fortunate to have this vital institution that has invested in the economic vitality of Northwest Missouri,” McKim said. “This new location provides greater access and visibility for this key institution. I am excited to see their project moving forward.”

Houts said the new building would provide the Maryville branch an opportunity to grow and help it reach the goal of helping customers.

Houts anticipates the project will be completed by late next spring or early next summer.